Khan’s lawyer had informed the court that the HRD minister, in her affidavit for 2004 Loksabha elections, stated her educational qualification as BA from Delhi University (school of correspondence). However, while filing affidavit in her Rajya Sabha nomination papers from Gujarat in 2011, she said her highest educational qualification was B.com, Part 1 (correspondence course) from Delhi University.

But in her elections papers filed during 2014 Loksabha elections from Amethi constituency, Irani said she had completed her B.com, Part 1 from Open Learning in Delhi University.

Khan’s lawyer, KK Manan, had told the court, “When she did BA part I, II or III even god does not know. The question is, what the society is asking today from a person who is holding the post of the minister.”

The issue of anomalies in Irani’s affidavits related to her educational qualifications had cropped up after the Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas, who contested against the HRD minister from Amethi, raised this question.